Trauma and Dream Work: Mending Tears in the Fabric of Time.

Working with dreams in the context of trauma can open unique avenues for healing, in particular for patients who report feelings of numbness or a loss of meaning in their lives. Dream exploration can make facing aspects of trauma and dissociated experience more tolerable than explicitly addressing them at a conscious level. It can also reignite the capacities for reflection and meaning making disrupted by trauma.

The impact of brief dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT) on veteran depression and anxiety.

A significant proportion of veterans continue to experience depression or anxiety following treatment with the empirically supported psychotherapies offered by the Veterans Health Administration. Continued development and testing of new treatments may be useful. Brief dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT) is a short-term psychodynamic therapy developed for depression in the United Kingdom and is being disseminated as an alternative to cognitive behavioral therapy within the National Health Service.

Patient Extratherapeutic Interpersonal Problems and Response to Psychotherapy for Depression.

Objectives: This paper aimed to synthesize empirical findings of patient extratherapeutic interpersonal variables associated with individual psychotherapy treatment outcomes in adult outpatients with depression.

Methods: A systematic search strategy was used to identify relevant studies. Thematic analysis was used to identify recurring themes in the findings.

Whose anxiety are we treating, anyway?

Objectives: This paper explores the ways empirically supported treatments (ESTs) help patients, therapists, and institutional administrators contain anxiety regarding complex human problems.

Method: The authors synthesized relevant literature with their experience as clinicians and psychotherapy researchers.

Results: ESTs may manage patient anxieties by framing their symptoms in clearly stated mechanisms and relying on a therapist who is an "expert" capable of healing them quickly.

Trauma-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of a Patient With PTSD in a Veterans Affairs Setting.

Objective:: This article aims to articulate the use of trauma-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy (TFPP) for a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a Veterans Affairs (VA) setting.

Implementation of Telemental Health (TMH) psychological services for rural veterans at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.

Meeting the mental health needs of our current veteran population is one of the primary challenges facing the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA). Particularly for veterans residing in rural areas, the lack of providers, high provider turnover, and the burden of traveling long distances to VHA facilities may contribute to difficulties accessing mental health care. Telemental Health (TMH) services help bridge the geographic gap between mental health providers and veterans who need mental health services.

Predictors of Symptoms Remission Among Family Caregivers of Individuals With Dementia Receiving REACH VA.

Resources for Enhancing All Caregivers Health (REACH VA) is a behavioral intervention for caregivers of individuals with dementia disseminated in the VA. Although shown to improve caregiver and care recipient outcomes, some caregivers continue to experience depression or caregiver burden following the intervention. Factors that predict symptom remission following REACH VA are unknown.

How to address the needs of non-responders to REACH VA: a qualitative analysis.

This study used qualitative methods to understand how to further alleviate symptoms of depression and caregiver burden and address the needs of non-responders following a course of Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health in VA (REACH VA). Semi-structured interviews with caregivers and interventionists post-treatment were coded for themes related to ways to address the needs of non-responder caregivers. The following suggestions recurred among non-responder caregivers and interventionists: (1) tailor skills and psychoeducation material to caregiver's needs; (2) provide greater overall support within the realm of caregiving; (3) explore and process caregiver's emotions around caregiving experience and grief; (4) address interpersonal difficulties and barriers to asking for help; (5) spend more time practicing skills to aid in implementing them at home.

Implementing brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) in a VA Medical Center.

: Given increasing mental health needs in the VA, identifying strategies to deliver new services is critical.: This paper describes the process of navigating provider, patient and systems barriers of an initiative to increase choice, access and quality of psychotherapy at the VA by incorporating an evidence-based short-term, psychodynamic psychotherapy.: Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) was selected as a viable model for implementation.